• The Long Beach-based SCAN Foundation released a state budget fact sheet with information on how the May revision of the 2011-2012 California budget affects older adults and persons with disabilities. Items discussed include adult day healthcare, in-home support services, the multipurpose senior services program and MediCal. The document is available online at http://www.thescanfoundation.org.

• In an effort to raise funds for the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC), the Hyatt Regency Long Beach has partnered with the Long Beach-based headquarters for SOSC to allow an expected 150 thrill-seekers the opportunity to rappel off of the 16-floor hotel on October 29. Each participant in the “Over the Edge” challenge must raise $1,000 to rappel. For more information, visit http://www.sosc.org/overtheedge.

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• California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has named Raymond Torres-Santos as the new dean of the College of the Arts, effective August 1. He comes from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, where he has been dean of the College of the Arts and Communications. Torres-Santos replaces former dean Don Para, who now serves as CSULB’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

• Martin S. Chin and Brent N. Phillips have joined City National Bank to head up the bank’s capital finance unit. The unit provides asset-based loans to commercial borrowers. Chin is serving as senior vice president and capital finance unit team manager, and Phillips is to report to Chin as vice president and capital finance unit relationship manager. The two have combined experience of more than 30 years in syndicated transactions and secured financing.

• The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has elected Terrie S. Norris as president and chief elected officer. Norris is a risk control manager at Bickmore Risk Services in Long Beach and a recognized leader in risk management and loss control with 21 years of experience in the field. She is to be sworn in on June 12 at the ASSE House of Delegates meeting during the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition in Chicago. She officially steps into her new role on July 1.